Sunday, 24 April 2011

Toddler activity

This is a work I put up almost a year ago and never talked about on here. I bought in Ikea a set of child size cutlery that came with a sorting tray for about £5. It has aluminium blunt knifes, forks, soup spoons and tea spoons. For this activity I simply offered Carla (23 months) the empty tray and the cutlery mixed in a pot. I deliberately omitted the tea spoons as they were too similar to the soup spoons for Carla's stage. You cannot see it in the photo but I had glued shapes of the different items cut out of dark paper at the bottom of each compartment for an easy start.

Hi and welcome! My name is Elsa. A certified Montessori assistant, I am passionate about children's learning and alternative methods of education. I am currently pregnant with my first baby and like most new mums, have few expectations and plenty of questions on how best to raise a child. From now on, this blog will not only be about children's learning but also broader questionings about life with small children.